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The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.
Every parent is all too familiar with The Tantrum. The screaming, the flailing arms, the angry head butting — and the timing (normally in the most inconvenient public place possible).
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
Tucked away behind the main museums in Ueno, the Tokyo University Art Museum may not be on most people’s radar, but it is definitely one of the city’s top museums in terms of curatorial quality. Whenever I go there, I am always delighted by ...
Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St. Louis. The message reverberated through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse. After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for the best story ...
Mayor of London Boris Johnson fired up the Conservative Party conference Tuesday with a rousing call to arms for Britain’s 2015 election and a challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin on cucumbers. This time last year Johnson was riding high after his re-election and ...
Prime Minister David Cameron’s office denied Saturday that his family has no love for Larry, the Downing Street cat. Following claims in a new book that Cameron’s acquisition of the moggy was little more than a PR stunt, a “savelarry” hashtag began trending on ...
Britain was dragged into a debate Tuesday on Muslim women wearing full-face veils in public, with its biggest-selling newspaper backing calls from politicians to join European countries that have banned its use. The topic had stayed below the British political radar until the past ...
Lap dogs no more! After the British Parliament’s decision to reject taking part in any U.S.-led strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, that victory cry rang out Friday from many quarters of the nation. For those who smarted at the memory ...
Pressure mounts on Damascus to let the U.N. probe claims of chemical weapons attacks as more signs emerge that the Syrian regime was to blame.
Pakistan assured Britain’s visiting prime minister Sunday that it would promote peace efforts in neighboring Afghanistan as the West pushes for talks with the Taliban ahead of NATO’s troop withdrawal. David Cameron’s talks in Islamabad were conducted as three attacks in northwest Pakistan killed ...
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s hopes of securing at the G-8 summit next week a major anti-corruption agreement that would force companies to reveal who really owns them is hanging by a thread, amid fierce opposition from both the Russian and Canadian governments, as ...
Japan and Britain plan to agree to forge a defense intelligence-sharing accord at a meeting of their leaders in Northern Ireland next week, while discussing the establishment of high-level bilateral talks.
Lawmakers in Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition this week plan to rebel against the government in favor of setting pollution targets earlier, a measure industry groups say will hurt the economy. Some members of the ruling Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties plan to join ...
Three British peers on Sunday denied allegations that they had agreed to carry out parliamentary work for payment. Journalists from The Sunday Times approached Ulster Unionist Lord John Laird and Labour Lords Brian Mackenzie and Jack Cunningham pretending to be working for a solar ...
Three years ago, newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron was seen as a possible model for Republicans looking to update their party after losing the 2008 presidential election. Today, he provides an object lesson in the stumbling blocks that can lie in wait. ...
It is now almost impossible to imagine how Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron will find a compromise on Europe that will satisfy members of his party.